Hallownest's Ancient Civilization Examined

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Hollow Knight là một vương quốc đại ngàn được xây dựng bởi hệ thống đường bộ đồ sộ

hệ thống khoáng sản dồi dào

và hội tắm tiên

thậm chí đức vua Pale King còn làm chủ thầu vụ này nữa

civilization seemingly long before the
pale King or the radiance existed a

group of bugs that worshiped the
darkness the civilization doesn't have a

name in the game but for the most part
people online call it the ancient

civilization
other names include the ancient caste or

the black kingdom in my humble opinion
all of those names suck ass so I'm just

gonna call it the void Kingdom now we
don't know if it's a literal Kingdom for

all we know it might be more accurately
called a void a anarcho-syndicalist

implicitly I'm just going to call this
ancient civilization the void Kingdom

discussing the void Kingdom is difficult
because the game gives us so little

information to go on after all the
civilization is said to be ancient so it

makes sense that nobody in the game
besides lemon the mask maker even really

talked about it but there are still
echoes of the void kingdom found in re

Gibson's artwork so in this video we're
going to go through the few scraps of

dialogue we have as well as discuss how
some of the art in the game might be

hinting at certain connections we're
also going to talk about the nature of

the void for like the fifth time on this
channel some of the things I'm going to

be saying in this video are highly
speculative so take everything in this

video with a grain of salt also feel
free to check out this document on the

void by someone and toxic brain it's
very well done and super informative

let's start with a relic seeker LEM in
the god master update LEM directly

addresses the void Kingdom in the
journal entry for the void idle he says

inspired or mad those ancient bugs they
devoted their worship to no Lord

or power or strength but to the very
darkness itself these void idols are

described as being from before hollow
nest and they are designed to contain

void within them but why on earth would
bugs want to worship the darkness are

they like Satan worshippers do they eat
babies did they vote for Rick Scott well

we do have this dream nail dialogue from
the shade beast this chozo statue ripoff

can be dreamed nailed if the nine has
the awoken dream nail dream young the

shade beast without obtaining the void
are gives the following void power

without unity so according to this guy
void contains power which is kind of

weird considering the LEM quote above
seems to separate the void from power

maybe the power within void as a result
of the void being worshipped similar to

how the bosses of hollow Knight find
stronger form should the god seekers

attunement regardless there are examples
of void having utility which also might

factor into why the void kingdom were so
interested in it but we'll get to that

later LEM also talks about the void
Kingdom when discussing the arcane eggs

he explains that arcane eggs are a
treasured relic from a time before Hal

honest they proved the existence of this
age alongside the soul totems found

throughout the kingdom these eggs work
similar to wanders journals acting as a

store of information while LEM can only
access the outer layer ancient bugs were

somehow able to reach the information
stored deep within and finally LEM

mentions that the eggs are rumored to
contain a will and that they seek out a

Bearer LEM speculates that the eggs
themselves are drawn to the night since

the night was able to find a whopping
four of them one final detail about

arcane eggs is that they're described as
being made of stone let's start with

this whole concept of arcane eggs
containing wills it definitely sets them

aside as being quite unique but they
aren't the only example of this

phenomenon when hinting for the night to
go to the ancient basin the elder bug

says the following did you know the
caverns continued even below the capital

few have ventured that deep so the
details are scant those who made a back

total of impossibly old structure
and roads formed as the law rocket

self-possessed a will in other words the
architecture of the ancient basin was

supposedly formed with the will of
nearby rocks so why the fuck would rocks

want to build roads or seek out owners
my pet rock doesn't do jack shit maybe

he's depressed well there is one
explanation but I don't really want to

say it because it devolves into saying
that a whole bunch of different things

are made out of void and this community
is already too quick to play the vCard

so I'm a bit worried about this we
already know that void can take the form

of liquid and gas given the sea avoid
and the billows of void gas we see in

several locations but void can also take
on a solid form as well one clear

example of solid void are the void vines
we see connected to the husk Danny in

the Queen's gardens as well as the soul
totems in deep nest and the strange egg

in the birthplace of the abyss another
example of solid void is related to the

shade gates found throughout the kingdom
these dark balls look like solid balls

of void these void stones are a little
hard to see due to them being obscured

by the surrounding structures these
appear to be modeled after the pale

king's crown implying that he was
responsible for placing these shade

gates most of the shade gates can be
found sporting these artifacts but there

are a few examples in the abyss showing
these stones without the pale Kings

additions finally the entrance to the
pantheon of hallow nest also features

these void stones and then we have the
black egg where the hollow Knight is

imprisoned Quirrell describes the egg is
being made of stone but in the dream no

more ending we clearly see the black egg
turn into shadow and void liquid as it

exits the temple so that's three out of
the five states of matter void can

become does this mean we might see void
plasma at some point or void

bose-einstein condensates of course the
real question is do the arcane eggs and

the Rose in the ancient basin somehow
contain void proximity to void would

seem to be the main factor that
differentiates these rocks from the

rocks found anywhere else in the kingdom
what else could possibly give them this

power but then again the arcane eggs
aren't near as dark in color as the

black egg and I sincerely believe that
we need to be careful about what we say

is void it's a slippery slope to
complete and utter anarchy so for now I

think we can only conclude that the void
kingdom somehow utilize these will be

rocks and stones how exactly these were
created and whether or not the void

kingdom was directly responsible remains
to be seen

but this leads to another interesting
question can void contain a will if void

can become stone and stones can contain
a will then why not I don't think we can

say that void has a will on its own but
there is plenty of evidence to support

the idea that void can be imprinted with
a will the kinks mold seems to carry a

prime directive to kill and defend which
might have been placed on them when they

were molded by the pale King the shades
are described as being fragments of a

lingering will these will seem to have
originated with the bugs that were

originally killed when they were dropped
into the abyss so again the will isn't

coming from the void but it isn't
printed on it same with the night it

also contains a will according to steal
soul gin and the charm description of

the void heart we also have the
collector the collectors avoid being

like the shades but it shows even
greater cognitive abilities

according to William in an AMA the
collector was even capable of drawing a

map of the grub locations showing a high
level of intelligence so where did this

will come from a likely candidate
appears to be the husk Danny in the

Queen's garden who implies it spending
time with the collector changed the both

of them in some way but this is pretty
speculative though at the very least

it's clear that the collector has some
kind of will finally let's talk about

the void tendrils that flap around in
the sea of void void tendrils are these

weird shadow creatures that thrash out
to the night that is until it receives

the void Hart the journal entry for the
void tendrils is attained in this

strange room found on the east side of
the abyss behind a shade gate the room

contains some kind of desk along with a
strange formation in the wall inspecting

the formation gives you the journal
entry along with the following prompt an

imprint of abyss given form we've seen
this phrase given form before in the

Hall of gods the phrase void given form
is used to describe the statue of the

night as it appears in the dream no more
ending so is void equivalent to an

imprint of abyss making the void
tendrils similar to the night well I'm

not sure what else an imprint of this
would even look like

like what is this shit I've literally
stared at this thing for the last 18

months of my life and the only thing I
can see is Florida the state in which

Rick Scott is currently governor we
don't really know why the void tendrils

live in the sea a void or what their
purpose was but they might be the

culprits responsible for convincing the
bug in the abyss lighthouse to turn off

the light which might imply that they
have a will so where did these

abominations come from I think it's
likely that the void tendrils were

created by the void kingdom first of all
given form implies that the void didn't

manifest into tendrils itself second the
journal entry for the void tendrils

seems to be referring to the void
kingdom the bugs of hollowness sometimes

wondered whether there were other older
stranger kingdoms deep below them and

for some reason the hunters omnipotent
and omnipresent so this is some pretty

strong evidence if he thinks the void
kingdom is relevant to these creatures

then it probably is finally we need to
look at the objects found in this room

so this desk is weird it has four spikes
similar to the pale Kings but one of the

spikes is longer so I don't think
there's a connection here instead

there's something else in this room we
need to look at over the course of this

channel we've talked about horror lore
voor lore and now we're gonna talk about

floor lore so remember how LEM said that
the soul totems were another indication

of the void kingdoms existence while the
floor found in this portion of the abyss

can be found underneath several - soul
totems in the game since we know that

the totems were created by the void
Kingdom

it seems pretty likely to me that this
room was used by this ancient

civilization this room might have been
used as some sort of observation deck or

workbench or German sex dungeon so to
quickly recap I don't think the void

itself exhibits a will instead a will is
imprinted on void manifesting in

creations such as the void constructs
the vessels and the void tendrils the

arcane eggs and the rocks and the abyss
and the ancient basin can also contain

wills but it's not clear how this
process works or if void is even

involved and what exactly does a rock
with a will of its own do

like the ones from Roadrunner going back
to these soul totems there is another

detail common among many of them hiding
in the background these twisted pillars

they show up all over hallow nest behind
at least 21 different totems so where

these things also built by the void
kingdom are they made of solid void well

these pillars show up in one specific
area that is quite interesting these

pillars can be seen inside the black egg
now the question is do these pillars

turn into shadows and fly away with the
rest of the egg in the dream no more

ending and that would imply that they
are made of void but then again does

this mean these chains are void or these
drapes why our Hornet in the night shell

the only things that are left where's
the hollow night shell where are their

nails if the void sucked it all up
why is Hornet okay there'd better be an

explanation of this team cherry I know
where you live regardless of what these

pillars are they do seem to be a calling
card of the void kingdom since they can

be found near so many soul totems that
doesn't mean I think they made the black

egg temple though the pale King appears
to have been able to create stone

objects from void himself we have the
shade gates and he also had these

containers that were used to store void
that appear to use void stones as lids

anyway there is one other spot where
these strange twisted pillars can be

found that being the entrance to the
room where the ancient nail psmith can

be found
we know this corpse was called the

ancient nail Smith from the text file
containing its dream nail dialog of

course the ancient nail Smith isn't the
only giant corpse we find in hallow

night we also have the shade beast in
the abyss as well as the green beast in

the Queen's garden whose names come from
their sprite art files there's the worm

corpses in the kingdoms edge and finally
we have the temple of the black egg

which according to the upcoming Hall
Night art book was built from the

carapace of a colossal ancient bug the
shade beast is obviously tied to the

void possibly is some kind of void
worshipper but it seems possible that

these other giant beings - the pale
kings worm form who are part of the void

kingdom giant beasts similar to the
design of the soul totems might have

also existed around that time but it's
also possible that some of these

creatures live before or afterwards
there's literally no dialogue related to

the green beast so
know anything about it and information

regarding the other beasts isn't much
better while there does seem to be

influences of the void kingdom all
around how honest the ancient basin and

the abyss seemed to be the most
important parts of their society the

most interesting aspect of the ancient
basin is that it's called the ancient

basin geographically a basin is a
depression in the ground where water

collects looking at the abyss the
entrance is remarkably similar in

structure to that of a well it's a long
vertical hole that stores liquid at the

bottom this begs about a hundred
questions was the abyss built as a way

to store void or did the void Kingdom
just find the abyss and set up home

nearby someone had to create this
architecture if void was being drained

into the abyss where was it coming from
or is there just an infinite amount of

void pouring out of the shape beasts
Bowl somehow there is also the question

of whether or not the snail shamans are
connected to this void kingdom

unfortunately that is really difficult
to answer the snail shamans are

definitely some kind of void creation
the snail shaman calls the night a

little shadow implying that he knows
what the night is and the shamans in the

soul sanctum and the crystal mound
literally exploded to void balls that

could absorb by the night however the
snail shaman is surprised by the abyss

shriek implying that the shamans have
never been to the place of its origin I

don't think the snail shaman would be
wrong in this instance I think a

character like the snail shaman would
know what he's talking about but that is

just speculation on my part that leaves
the question of where the snail shamans

came from which I don't really have an
answer for they have a very strange

nature to them the snail shaman in the
ancestral mound implies that it is bound

to stay on the mound we don't know if
this binding is physical or what but it

kind of implies that the shamans have
been in holliness for quite some time as

for the altar in the abyss where the
shriek is found I believe this was built

by the void Kingdom the faces are
similar in design to the soul vessels

which store souls similar to the soul
totems the void kingdom clearly knew how

to capture soul so they seemed like
likely candidates for creating the soul

vessels found in the game there's even a
soul vessel fragment located in an arien

deep nest that features those twisted
black pillars

one minor point we don't know if
anything like the shade Lord existed in

the void kingdom it appears as though
the shade Lord came into being from the

worship of the god seekers so I suppose
it's possible that the void kingdom was

able to create a similar being but
there's no way to tell the God seekers

were special masks that allowed them to
focus their thoughts giving them a godly

focus which indicates that the creation
of the shade Lord was a more unique

occurrence and if something like the
shade Lord existed in the past it

probably would have already murdered the
radiance which brings us to the downfall

of the void kingdom the fate of the void
kingdom is briefly mentioned by mask

maker after obtaining the Kings brand
the mask maker denounces the pale Kings

attempt at uniting hollowness under his
leadership saying no bug has ever laid

claim to this hole even the Beast knew
their limit and bound their realm and

nests edge it is the ancient caste that
made attempt at such vast rule how

illness ruin reflects well those fared
attempts so the kingdom appears to have

fallen apart due to their attempts at
expanding their rule across all of

Hollow nest the radiance appears to call
the void her ancient enemy implying that

she combated the void kingdom long ago
possibly even putting the kingdom to its

end dream ailing the structures in the
room where the fish shriek is obtained

reveals that whoever used to live there
they plan on making a return which

should be expected as a wise Star Wars
trailer once said no one's ever really

gone now if you've been following
speculation on silk song you're probably

aware of the masters these mysterious
beings mentioned by both confessor gigi

and stele soul jinn they appear to be
tied to the void in some way indicating

that they could also be connected to the
void kingdom possibly as remnants from

before the civilization fell if this is
true then that means silk song might

shed light on what exactly the void
kingdom was seeing as the last Hollow

night update god master decide to give
us more info on these void worshippers I

think it's likely that they will become
important too in silk song all right

let's run through everything one last
time and remember there's a lot of

speculation in here don't spout all this
off at a dinner party expecting everyone

to agree with you you might make a
complete ass of yourself there was an

ancient caste that existed in the lands
of hollowness

these bugs chose to worship the darkness
they placed a void inside of idols in

order to worship them and imprinted void
with forms that did something they also

knew how to manipulate soul capable of
placing it within different types of

vessels they also used rocks with wills
to store information as well as

construct roads and pathways this
kingdom attempted to expand itself

across modern day hollowness but their
plans were proved futile possibly due to

one moth and their empire fell into
obscurity however there might still be a

few left who have planted servants to
carry out their plans and there you have

it of course a lot of this hinges on
team Cherry's artwork being 100%

deliberate which could very easily not
be the case you would think that the

pale King built the royal waterways so
why exactly can soul totems be found

there why is this wall replaced entirely
with corpses are these load-bearing

corpses where the fuck did the drapes go
but hopefully we were actually able to

dig up a little more information about
the ancient civilization and the void if

not then the main point of my video is
still pretty strong that being please

vote for rick Scott this November